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Academy of Notre Dame Research Pathfinder The 1950's - Mrs. Turner/Ms. Gallagher

Desegregation March (Student Resources in Context)

PRINT RESOURCES :

REFERENCE & NON-FICTION These books will be on reserve in the library or you can search the library catalog by clicking [|HERE].

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES :

DATABASES [|Biography in Context] [|Nettrekker] [|Student Resources in Context] [|Pop Culture Universe] - **This is an excellent database for this project** [|Gale Virtual Reference Library] - click "History" in left-hand column - click "American Decades" - after "Choose a Volume" click "1950-1959" in upper right

INTERNET

LIBRARY CATALOG

- click "Academy of Notre Dame"- click "Catalog"- click "WebPath Express" to search for quality websites for your project

[|Levittown: Documents of an Ideal American Suburb] [|The Literature and Culture of the American 1950's] [|The Avalon Project: 20th Century Documents] [|The Cold War Museum] [|American Cultural History: 1950-1959] [|Television in the 1950's] [|History of Women in Sports Timeline: 1930-1959] [|The Culture of the 1950's] [|A Biography of America: The Fifties] - click on "Webography" [|NPR: 1950's Food in America] [|Fifties Web] [|American History & Film] - scroll down to "American Women in the 1950's" [|Kennedy Space Center: Mercury] [|Automobile in American Life and Society] [|The History of Rock and Roll: The Golden Decade]

Internet Sites for Video
TubeChop: Easily chop a section from any YouTube video and share it via link or embed [|SchoolTube] [|TeacherTube] [|Watch Know Learn] [|YouTube] [|Newsy] [|neoK-12] - educational videos in several subject areas [|Smithsonian Channel] [|SnagFilms] - free documentaries in many disciplines [|SafeShare] - safest way to watch and share YouTube videos (no ads or other videos)

Research Central Wiki: Primary Source Documents - Select "Primary Source Documents" from left-hand column - Contains links to primary source document in our databases and on the Web

[|NoodleTools] - Use NoodleBib to create Bibliography/Works Cited in MLA or APA format.